Zoya polish in Neeka, $8 at zoya.com: So Zoya describes Neeka as: "A greyed amethyst with subtle red duochrome shimmer and bright gold glitter accents.? A fascinating, unique shade that manages to be glittery but not too flashy." I'd say that's about right. It's a medium, greyed purple (more purple than grey to be sure) with subtle pink shimmer and tiny gold glitter. It is SO PRETTY. It's showing up a little washed out here and I could not get the shimmer to show up FOR THE LIFE OF ME. Stupid rainstorm lighting. Here's a better swatch. I adore this color. It reminds me of Catherine of Aragon from RBL's The Real Housewives of the Tudor Dynasty collection. That sold out before I could get it, but it was a very similar color--slightly lighter and dustier with a little more shimmer, but very similar.
There's something so regal about this color. It has the richness from the purple and the elegant, worn-in feeling from the grey, and the glitter adds a fun amount of dimension. It's almost like the shade of a dress you'd see in Tudor times, and I am all over that. It's neutral enough to wear to work, but edgy enough to wear out while still staying in pretty category (it's not an unflattering brownie-grey-purple-taupe type polish at all).
As far as application goes, this is a two coater. It's a little sheer on the first coat, but the second one fixes that up. It's self-leveling (meaning it doesn't pool on one side of the nail) and easy to use. The Zoya brush is a little thinner than an OPI brush, but it's not hard to use. I got average wear with this and the Zoya topcoat, about 5 days, and I think it my nails were less peely I could have gotten even more.
Overall, I ADORE THIS. It might be in my top five favorite polishes ever. The color is unique, flattering, and just straight up pretty, it's big 4-free (all Zoya polishes are free of the big-4 nasty chemicals), it was basically free with my promo, and it's just amazing. I'd give this an A+. Everyone needs to go buy this. Now. I mean it.
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